Exam 17: Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health

Since 1991, when the "not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder" (NCRMD) defence was introduced in Canada, which of the following has occurred?

What is the main argument used by patients and their advocates in favour of the unlimited right of all patients to refuse treatment?

In defence of deinstitutionalization, some have argued that it does not lead to homelessness or patient abandonment.For example, researchers at the University of Montreal did not find higher rates of homelessness in a deinstitutionalized sample as compared to a control sample of those who were hospitalized during the same interval.What did these researchers find?

Over the past 40 years, which of the following has been the trend in mental health care?

The court has found that Mounir is currently unable to participate in his own defence.What does this mean?

Which of the following is NOT a criterion for involuntary civil commitment?

What does "malingering" mean?

James Ogloff and his colleagues studied nearly 300 psychiatric patients who had been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.Which of the following factors was NOT found to be predictive of risk for suicidal behaviour?

Dr.Beck is a psychologist who risked having his psychologist's licence revoked after he was ordered by the provincial court to surrender his records on a client who was involved in a criminal proceeding.Dr.Beck had recorded information about his client that was so carelessly and ambiguously worded that it was clinically inaccurate and was misinterpreted by the jury, to the detriment of his client.Which principle in the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists did Dr.Beck appear to violate?

What is the connection between mental illness from a legal standpoint and mental illness based on the criteria in the DSM-5?

What did the court find in the 1995 case (described in your textbook) of André Dallaire, who tried to kill former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien?

The term "transinstitutionalization" refers to the movement of people with severe mental illness out of psychiatric hospitals.Which of the following is NOT a place where these people are to move to?

According to the Canadian Criminal Code, which of the following is NOT a requirement for a person assessed as being fit to stand trial?

According to your textbook, which of the following is one of the most controversial issues in mental health today?

Discuss the issue of patient rights and how the concept arose from the 1972 U.S.case of Wyatt v.Stickney.Explain what is meant by the right to refuse treatment and the implications of this right for the patient, as well as for their family and community.